There's always somebody Just let the change sink in for a bit. Immediately demanding the old style back makes sense, since that's what we're used to and change is scary.

I thought the forum looked weird when I just saw the new style, but now, a few hours later, it's kind of grown on me.Signatures and the user info next to posts seem to take up more space now, and some things are a bit harder to find, but overall it's a good change in my opinion.

The design was carefully selected and adjusted. I wanted something that was "different", went with the overall colors of the site (finding white, black, and orange is NOT easy) and yet was clean and simple to use.

Yeah it's a bit harsh compared to the old "default" site and layout, but that was sort of the point.

The main text area is still white and simple to read and more or less hasn't changed, it's just the headers and highlight colors that changed a bit, but's actually more or less the same site as before.

Did anyone notice/try the Facebook, G+ or Twitter buttons on the first post? Anyone want to give those a try?

There's always somebody Just let the change sink in for a bit. Immediately demanding the old style back makes sense, since that's what we're used to and change is scary.

I thought the forum looked weird when I just saw the new style, but now, a few hours later, it's kind of grown on me.Signatures and the user info next to posts seem to take up more space now, and some things are a bit harder to find, but overall it's a good change in my opinion.

EDIT: Oh hey, new smilies! They look pretty good!

Seriously Orange? I think I am going blind from the Orange font on White background text. Same goes for White text on orange background.